Amherst Steele High School - Amherstonian Yearbook (Amherst, OH)

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.j.-gIp-elllgalogIlIII' 5 In Q 5 S -lIIll'Glf'?JIII2' b' il 3 'i .I n I ' Amherst in A child asked to write on the subject The Manners and Customs of l S' I India, wrote as follows: They ain't got no manners and they don't wear lgfl 1 no customs. We might dispose of the history of the Amherst school build- lgi ' n 4 ing in as brief a way. The first building erected upon the present site was if destroyed by fire. A second building built of stone, was also devoured by flames. A new stone building was immediately begun and was completed in 1908. This building is an excellent one of the type common at that 'il ,Q period. While it was a modern school plant it did not provide all the Q facilities for the modern school curricula. After much planning we de- I if cided to build an addition to the building erected in 1908 rather than a A separate plant. The building pictured here shows the present school plant U1 T 1 containing 30 rooms, including a gym, manual training, domestic science, ,ff art and music rooms. All of these departments are available for all the lil children--a condition which would not have been true had the new build- U' ing been erected as a separate plant. We are working under a plan similar to that used in Gary, Indiana, which enables us to offer the special activities at no increase in cost. if We have enrolled 830 pupils and find there is room for growth. ,. l l 1 ' South Amherst I ' , l '4 ll W Back of South Amherst's present excellent educational system is an in- ill teresting history of expansion from humble beginnings. The first school house was a two-story frame structure erected on the lot just east of the ' Congregational church. Shakespeare Boynton was one of the first teachers gg in this school. In 1887 this building was moved to the corner at Main and Lake Streets and is now occupied by the Atlantic and Pacific store. On lil the old site was erected a one-story building of sandstone. In 1896 an additional room was built on the rear of this building for grades 5-8. p This was known throughout the community as the high school. In 1891 ,A another stone building was erected at Wyatt's corners. 4-l In 1910 a large plot of ground was purchased from Thomas Swan lil in and a substantial eight room sandstone structure was constructed at a cost of 325,000 In 1920 the Village of South Amherst was incorporated it 213' and the South Amherst Village School District was the result. In 1922 an addition to the central building was completed at a cost E of 370,000.00 It was constructed of sandstone quarried in the village. vi .ti The new school plant is one of which the people of South Amherst may lp Q? be justly proud, as it answers the demands of the modern school adrnir- I ably. V ' E10-ven

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